TY - JOUR
T1 - Neuropeptide Y
T2 - A candidate neurotransmitter for biliary motility
AU - Lillemoe, Keith D.
AU - Webb, Thomas H.
AU - Pitt, Henry A.
N1 - Funding Information:
’ Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Academic Surgery, Orlando, FL, November l-4, 1987. * Supported by a Veterans Administration Research Grant. 3 To whom reprint requests should be addressed at Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N Wolte St., Baltimore, MD 2 1205.
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PY - 1988/9
Y1 - 1988/9
N2 - Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a recently discovered polypeptide found in neurons throughout the gastrointestinal tract and in especially high concentrations in the biliary tree. This study was designed to test the functional significance of these high concentrations in the biliary tree by determining the effect of intravenous NPY on sphincter of Oddi and gallbladder motility. In adult male prairie dogs a side-hole, pressure-monitored perfusion catheter was placed through a choledochotomy into the duodenum and positioned in the sphincter of Oddi. A perfusion catheter was also placed in the gallbladder fundus. Sphincter of Oddi and gallbladder pressures were recorded before and during intravenous infusions of NPY at doses of 10, 100, and 500 ng/kg/min. Each dose was administered to seven separate animals. No effects were seen at the 10 or 100 ng/kg/min doses. NPY at the 500 ng/kg/min dose significantly increased sphincter of Oddi phasic wave frequency, amplitude, and motility index (MI = F × A). In addition, gallbladder pressure was significantly increased after 20 min of intravenous infusion of NPY at the 500 ng/kg/min dose. No significant changes in blood pressure were noted. These data suggest that in the prairie dog, systemic intravenous infusion of NPY significantly increases sphincter of Oddi phasic wave activity and gallbladder pressure. These findings are similar to those observed with intravenous cholecystokinin but opposite of those seen with peptide YY in this species. We hypothesize that neuropeptide Y may be an important neurotransmitter or neuromodulator regulating bile flow.
AB - Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a recently discovered polypeptide found in neurons throughout the gastrointestinal tract and in especially high concentrations in the biliary tree. This study was designed to test the functional significance of these high concentrations in the biliary tree by determining the effect of intravenous NPY on sphincter of Oddi and gallbladder motility. In adult male prairie dogs a side-hole, pressure-monitored perfusion catheter was placed through a choledochotomy into the duodenum and positioned in the sphincter of Oddi. A perfusion catheter was also placed in the gallbladder fundus. Sphincter of Oddi and gallbladder pressures were recorded before and during intravenous infusions of NPY at doses of 10, 100, and 500 ng/kg/min. Each dose was administered to seven separate animals. No effects were seen at the 10 or 100 ng/kg/min doses. NPY at the 500 ng/kg/min dose significantly increased sphincter of Oddi phasic wave frequency, amplitude, and motility index (MI = F × A). In addition, gallbladder pressure was significantly increased after 20 min of intravenous infusion of NPY at the 500 ng/kg/min dose. No significant changes in blood pressure were noted. These data suggest that in the prairie dog, systemic intravenous infusion of NPY significantly increases sphincter of Oddi phasic wave activity and gallbladder pressure. These findings are similar to those observed with intravenous cholecystokinin but opposite of those seen with peptide YY in this species. We hypothesize that neuropeptide Y may be an important neurotransmitter or neuromodulator regulating bile flow.
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U2 - 10.1016/0022-4804(88)90072-8
DO - 10.1016/0022-4804(88)90072-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 2900912
AN - SCOPUS:0023794614
SN - 0022-4804
VL - 45
SP - 254
EP - 260
JO - Journal of Surgical Research
JF - Journal of Surgical Research
IS - 3
ER -